mouldy_punk Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 This mod removes the clouds that you get at high altitudes. Many people have had problems with these clouds making their game lag - and now it doesn't! Ideally this mod is for people who's systems slow down when the clouds are being rendered - but if you just hate clouds, this mod's good for you too. Download & screenie Installation & stuff at that site ^^ Please don't upload it elsewhere without my permission please. I'll probably give you permission - but it's nice to know who has my mod ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imheretostay Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 THANK YOU!!! Could you try making a mod that makes it skip closing and opening the door and that time wasting stuff when buying or changing clothes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSam Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 This is a cool mod yes when i enter the clouds the game slows down gonna grab this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_punk Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 THANK YOU!!! Could you try making a mod that makes it skip closing and opening the door and that time wasting stuff when buying or changing clothes? That'd probably be a main.scm mod to skip all that crap - and I know nothing about main.scm coding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Should probably post the screen here. Cool mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dertyjerzian Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 I love the idea, but can anyone tell me if it's pretty or not? The screen is kinda... Like... not worth it. No offense. I'm wondering if this takes away visually, keeping in mind that the clouds are ugly as hell anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_punk Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 It's pretty hard to take a screenshot of something that isn't there ya know All it does is remove the clouds you get when your really high up. All the ground fog and smaller lower clouds remain, so it's not just like a clear sky from the ground. Visually, it's better IMO. The old clouds looked like paper Should probably post the screen here. Cool mod. Sure, if it makes that much difference :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Nobody said it did. I naturally assumed that you posted here to gain interest in your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 I thought the clouds were cool, although I don't like the way it slows things down so this is a good idea for many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brotherbozar Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Great mod, i'll install it straight away... is there anything else you can do to help people with slower PC's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_punk Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 Yeah, I'm going to figure out a way to remove the rain. I know that has a bad habit of lagging people's games I'll probably have a go at that tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceeinstein Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 This mod just blanked out the textures. The lag stayed in my game. So this is just a visual effect. I wonder where Rockstar put the particles file... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QJimbo Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Yeah I didn't notice much speed improvement wehn flying and when just looking at the sky still got the jerkyness, it must be the game generating the clouds or something... and don't take out the rain! I like it when it rains unless you just meant that fuzzy filter in which case yeah I don't really need that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_punk Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 weird :\ works for me. I can have full AA now and it doesn't lag in the sky. I tried simply deleting it all together, which didn't work. It just made the game crash. But blanking it out seemed to work for me :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imheretostay Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Works great for me too, i dont see how it wouldnt for some others . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brotherbozar Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 OK QJimbo doesn't want the rain taken out... fair enough his PC can obviously handle rain ok but please try and do a mod to get rid of weather related stuff which slows our game (which it seems like you're trying to do anyway). ... yesterday i installed 'RealFX-GTASA' mod from theborggaming.com, and one thing it does is remove overhead cloud and makes it pretty dark skies at night, the moon is smaller and more detailed also which i like, basically the night sky now looks real. Anyway removing whatever they removed drastically improved game performance on my PC... they didn't take out rain though, which still slows the game ...just less than before. I was able to up my game resolution to 1024x768 and run smooth most of the time (i find going to 16 bit colour really helps game performance also, but that wasn't needed). I suppose i'm just suggesting taking out overhead cloud like they did as an option for your mod or maybe you should speak to gunmod and theborg about what they learnt making theirs, but don't give up on the rain and storms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_punk Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 Well if QJumbo's computer can handle the rain, that's cool - he doesn't have to install the mod does he Yesterday I said I'd have a go at the rain mod today, but I got up late and had stuff to do, so I haven't had a chance to look at it. It's now 11PM (ish) so I'll probably have a look tomorrow brotherbozar: Thanks for the heads up about the RealFX mod. I'll have a look at it and see what they've done, and maybe have a word with whoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Deleting the image is a mistake. I deleted the two images you see before you play gtasa. now they are just white =[ Oh yeah, awsome mod, installed, gonna try it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QJimbo Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 weird :\ works for me. I can have full AA now and it doesn't lag in the sky. I tried simply deleting it all together, which didn't work. It just made the game crash. But blanking it out seemed to work for me :\ Hmm odd, but it was definatly still randomly lagging in the sky, nicer without the clouds there though. And yeah my comment about the rain was pretty stupid, if it's lagging some peoples games, get rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanHenry Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Getting rid of the rain for good would be a great idea because it does slow down the PC and it also moves you in places that you do not want to go like for example I am in LS Airport and I have a Shamal and I am trying to get the Jet lined up straight for takeoff and the rain came and started blowing me to the left and then right and it was irritacting. It took me 10 minutes to get it back in position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mageezer Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Can someone make a mod which removes the fog you get in San Fierro? That slows my game down almost as much as the high clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brotherbozar Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 (edited) Actually i'm not so sure that the realFX mod has improved performance, although the lower/overhead cloud is removed, my game seems to be simply rendering more of what is behind the cloud ie, Landscape and my view even with draw distance set lower is greater than before. It's a great atmosphere though. Anyway about the rain, if it's proving hard to get rid of, how about just making it mutch less frequent and for shorter periods. @ mageezer, fog, really? It slows my game a little but not too mutch. I wouldn't like to see it disappear completely though, maybe just in cities... it's great in the desert, really creepy at night. Edited August 13, 2005 by brotherbozar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_punk Posted August 13, 2005 Author Share Posted August 13, 2005 i cant find the texure or particle for the rain, so I don't have a clue how to get rid of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodooman Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 yep rain dont use decal textures like in VC and GTA3, rain config stored in effects.fxp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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